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Download full textLipman, Matthew; And Others – 1977
This handbook for educators and parents discusses the need to include philosophy in the elementary classroom. The authors point out that as a question-raising discipline, philosophy is appropriate to guide children's natural inquisitiveness through the educational process. It encourages intellectual resourcefulness and flexibility which can enable…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Children
McCormack, Patricia M. – 1997
Education may promote the development of students' whole-person identity formation--the spiritual, psychological, social, emotional, and intellectual. This paper considers how identify formation and self-esteem are related, how parents form the foundation for identity, and how teachers can contribute to further growth. Erikson's theory of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Emotional Development
Pike, Gary R. – 1997
This study investigated the effects of different types of learning communities in residence halls on the learning and intellectual development of first-year students at the University of Missouri (Columbia). Information sources included existing campus data and responses to the College Student Experiences Questionnaire. Compared to 469 students…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, College Housing, Dormitories
Fink, Rosalie P. – Thalamus: Journal of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2000
A study of highly successful men and women with reading disabilities used a developmental approach to investigate how, and under what conditions, males and females with reading disabilities develop high literacy levels and resilient self-concepts. The 60 participants in the study included a Nobel laureate, a member of the National Academy of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Intellectual Development
PDF pending restorationCoomes, Michael D. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1992
Knowledge of student development theory has direct practical benefits for the college financial aid administrator. Developmental theories of Arthur Chickering and William Perry provide expectations for student behavior and suggest interventions for these aid-related areas: monitoring academic progress; student employment; student debt counseling;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, College Students
Peer reviewedMagolda, Marcia B. Baxter – Review of Higher Education, 1994
A longitudinal study of 101 college students investigated the ways in which their college and postcollege experiences fostered development of complexity in their assumptions about knowledge, by emphasizing independent functioning, collaboration, direct involvement in learning, and subjective decisionmaking. Results suggest these experiences be…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Freshmen, College Graduates, College Students
Kim, Mikyong – 1996
This study investigated the comparative capacity of women-only and co-educational colleges to impact on two dimensions of women students' intellectual development: (1) intellectual self-confidence; and (2) critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The study also attempted to isolate the effect of attending women-only colleges from other…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Freshmen, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Howley, Craig B.; And Others – 1995
In interpreting the intellectual and cultural contexts of gifted education, this book considers how and why U.S. schooling fails to care for intellect and to develop the talents of all children. Rather than acting as stewards charged with nurturing intellectual development, schools concertedly devalue intellect, and this shortcoming is most…
Descriptors: Anti Intellectualism, Capitalism, Educational Environment, Educational Principles
Echevarria, Pegine – 1998
As girls face the serious emotional, physical, and developmental challenges during youth and adolescence, external support from a nonparental female role model is an essential, and too frequently ignored, requirement for healthy development. This book presents a process for mentoring young women and girls by providing guidance in five areas:…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Change Strategies
Bradley, L. Richard – 1988
Recent national studies have pointed out the changing educational needs of young people as the United States moves from an industrial society to an information society. Selected middle school students in Ohio were involved in a two-year federally-funded program entitled "Learning for Leadership." The objectives of the program were: (1)…
Descriptors: Computers, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Objectives
Opravilova, Eva, Ed. – 1980
This three-volume annotated bibliography cites 986 articles covering a variety of issues related to preschool education in several Eastern and Western countries, including England, France, Italy, Russia, Czechoslovakia, and Germany, as well as the United States. Entries are classified into 13 main categories: social and ideological basis of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development, Educational Environment
Read, Charles; And Others – 1978
This paper examines certain of the cues to surface constituency that are salient to children in the comprehension of syntactic structure. Accessibility is studied through a set of experiments requiring seven-year-old children to repeat certain syntactic constituents. These children can correctly identify subjects and also predicate phrases with…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Cues, Educational Research, Grade 2
Rosser, Arthur – 1978
This monograph provides a detailed description of the child about whom and for whom the activities of the elementary school industrial arts program are directed and of the role of industrial arts in the elementary school curriculum. The first section is a detailed description of the child from age three to thirteen and includes general physical…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Behavior
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1979
This handbook provides teachers with suggestions for planning, implementing and evaluating programs for kindergarten children. Chapter I briefly outlines child development principles and program characteristics for the kindergarten. Chapter II discusses how teachers can create an environment for learning through scheduling, organizing the teaching…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Creative Art, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
THORNTON, SAM M. – 1967
THIS FOUR-PHASE TRANSITIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES PROGRAM IS PART TWO OF A THREE-PART STUDY DESIGNED TO EXAMINE AND EVALUATE CHILDREN IN HEAD START PROGRAMS IN SIX SOUTHEAST MISSOURI COUNTIES. THESE FOUR PHASES, USING 428 CHILDREN IN A 1966-1967 ACADEMIC YEAR HEAD START PROGRAM, WERE (1) CHILD OBSERVATION BY A PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELOR, (2)…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Disadvantaged Youth, Eye Hand Coordination, Intellectual Development
